Which municipality in canton Schaffhausen is the remotest?

Hemishofen: 110 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Schaffhausen. Source: ARE (NPVM).

How is the travel time measured?

It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.

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Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The remotest municipalities in canton Schaffhausen

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Hemishofen is the remotest municipality in canton Schaffhausen: 110 minutes by public transport to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). Ramsen (107 min) and Beggingen (106 min) follow. Source: ARE, National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), 2025.

Ranking

ARE · NPVM · 2025

Rank	Municipality	PT travel time	Residents
1	Hemishofen	110 min	492
2	Ramsen	107 min	1'697
3	Beggingen	106 min	459
4	Thayngen	97 min	5'925
5	Buch	97 min	340
6	Schleitheim	95 min	1'928
7	Stein am Rhein	91 min	3'956
8	Oberhallau	89 min	455
9	Bargen	88 min	339
10	Siblingen	88 min	906
11	Gächlingen	87 min	1'043
12	Büttenhardt	87 min	472
13	Dörflingen	86 min	1'074
14	Merishausen	85 min	907
15	Trasadingen	85 min	626
16	Löhningen	83 min	1'658
17	Hallau	83 min	2'600
18	Lohn	81 min	763
19	Neunkirch	79 min	2'704
20	Wilchingen	78 min	1'747
21	Buchberg	77 min	864
22	Stetten	76 min	1'485
23	Rüdlingen	74 min	825
24	Beringen	73 min	5'396
25	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	71 min	12'198
26	Schaffhausen	59 min	39'228

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

How we measure this

ARE · NPVM

Modelled public-transport travel time from the municipality to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, in minutes (including access and egress). Basis: the ARE National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), reference state 2025. The NPVM is divided into traffic zones; each municipality is assigned the zone at its populated centre. A higher value means a longer trip to the nearest centre.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Schaffhausen is the remotest?: Hemishofen: 110 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Schaffhausen. Source: ARE (NPVM).
How is the travel time measured?: It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.